Regulator, frequency

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OBJECT TYPE: AC
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0303.001

MANUFACTURER: RAYTHEON CO.
MODEL: ACR3000
LOCATION: Norwalk, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 526
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PREDOMINANTLYMETAL.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 48.2 cm
Width: 44.0 cm
Height: 19.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Regulation & transformation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: RAYTHEON
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Norwalk

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THESE UNITS USED C. 1970S- C. 1992.
Canada: PART OF THE OTTAWA RIVER SOLAR OBSERVATORY INSTALLATION (ORSO). IT WAS USED WITH TELESCOPE 930297, AN INSTRUMENT UNIQUE TO CANADA & THE WORLD. THE 1992 RETIREMENT OF ORSO SIGNIFIED THE END OF OPTICAL SOLAR PHYSICS RESEARCH AS CONDUCTED BY CDN GOV'T SCIENTISTS- AN AREA OF STUDY CONCENTRATED IN OTTAWA SINCE 1905.
Function: TO REGULATE FREQUENCY OF ALTERNATING CURRENT DERIVED FROM A GENERATOR.
Technical: THESE AC REGULATORS WERE USED FOR FREQUENCY REGULATION WHEN AC WAS DERIVED FROM GENERATORS. THEY WERE EMPLOYED SPECIFICALLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE TELESCOPE DRIVE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 " Sorenson/ [logo]/ AC REGULATOR/ ACR 3000 " printed on front panel. All controls, etc. labelled. Decal applied to casing front reads " HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIAS 0035/ ASTRONOMY SECTION ". Plate on casing back reads: " MODEL/ ACR3000/ [logo]/ INPUT/ 95- 130 V./ 50-60 Hz./ 38 A./ OUTPUT/ 110- 120 V./ 3KVA/ SERIAL 527/ RAYTHEON COMPANY/ SORENSON OPERATION/ NORWALK, CONN. "/.2 Markings are identical, save " HIAS 0034 " and " SERIAL 526 ".
Missing: APPEAR COMPLETE.
Finish: SILVER GREY FRONT PANEL; SMOOTH, DARKER GREY CASING IS VENTED ON TOP AND SIDES. BLACK TEXT AND CONTROLS,ETC.
Decoration: N/A

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RAYTHEON CO., Regulator, frequency, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1993.0303, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0303.001/

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